Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Lunch With The Roundhouse Ladies

There was always plenty to talk about at lunch with the roundhouse wiper gang of 1943 of the Chicago NW Railroad in Clinton, Iowa.  Fashion statements were made using the handkerchief on your head.

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Sunday, December 19, 2010

A Fine Day To Build A Plane

When the sun is shining and you have the parts, nothing suites like building a plane, especially if the ladies are watching. 1942.

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Dinner with Cowboys

Food always tastes better out of doors, especially on the trail in Yellowstone, Montana.

Cowboy Camp

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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Bookend Beer Halls

Main St. in Cascade, Idaho – July 1941. 

Main St Cascade Idaho Jul 1941

From Beer Hall to Beer Hall with a Drug Store and Restaurant between.

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Wreck of the old 97

The wreck of the old 97.  Made famous in song and tale, the actual wreck was a mail train made up of four cars and locomotive No.1102.  Train No. 97 crashed on September 27, 1903 in Pennsylvania County, Kentucky.

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Friday, November 12, 2010

Mini-van of the 19th Century

Mini-vans weren’t a 20th century invention.  MAV’s (mother’s assault vehicles) were popular in the 19th century too.

PB195615

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Sunday, November 7, 2010

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